Suzanne Moore's transphobic explosion

Mainstream feminist writer Suzanne Moore wrote an article in the New Statesman. Most of it was all right, until suddenly she made a throwaway comment to how women should have bodies "like a Brazilian transsexual"
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/01/seeing-red-power-female-anger

At this point, Suzanne Moore could have got out. She could have, once people explained why this wasn't a very good excuse, apologised for a flippantly ignorant and offensive line. She, er, didn't. First she played the "you're missing the point, being angry about this" card, clearly not absorbing that what she'd been saying had been really, really terrible.

Shelly AsquithJust a point - she didn't say women *should* look like 'Brazilian transexuals', but that lots of women want to, and she criticised them for this. This is...Just a point - she didn't say women *should* look like 'Brazilian transexuals', but that lots of women want to, and she criticised them for this. This is obviously still bigoted, I just thought worth noting the context is not quite right. She is deplorable.more2013-01-09T01:27:23.874Z